Marketing Project Coordinator - Marketing, Project Coordinator

Creative Circle; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 62,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Circle is seeking a Marketing Project Coordinator for an onsite role in Edina, MN. This freelance position runs 40 hours per week for 30–60 days, with strong potential for extension or conversion to full-time.

You will organize and manage timelines, collaborate with marketing, leadership, and vendors, and ensure deliverables move smoothly from concept to completion. Experience with Workfront is highly preferred; candidates with Asana, Monday.com, Smartsheet, or Jira are encouraged to

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating marketing projects from concept to delivery.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with tight timelines.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Monitor project progress and mitigate risks.
• Lead project status meetings and drive accountability across teams.
• Support product launches, campaigns, and content initiatives.
• Serve as administrator of project management tools (Workfront preferred).
• Maintain workflows, templates, forms, and reporting.
• Facilitate onboarding and adoption of PM tools across teams and partners.
• Coordinate communication among marketing, creative, leadership, vendors, and stakeholders.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Time management

Tools

Workfront

Asana

Monday.com

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Our client is seeking a Marketing Project Coordinator to join their team onsite in Edina, MN. This is a 40-hour-per-week freelance opportunity with an anticipated late September start. The initial engagement is expected to last 30-60 days, with strong potential for extension or full-time conversion.

This role is ideal for someone who loves bringing organization and structure to fast-moving marketing and creative environments. You'll partner closely with marketing, creative, leadership, and external vendors to keep projects on track, manage timelines, and ensure deliverables move smoothly from concept to completion. We're looking for someone who can balance big-picture thinking with hands-on execution and who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, and keeping stakeholders aligned. Experience with Workfront is highly preferred, but candidates with experience in platforms like Asana, Monday.com, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar project management tools are also encouraged to apply.

Duration: 30-60 days initially, with strong potential for extension or full-time conversion
Hours: 40 hours/week
Location: Fully onsite in Edina, MN
Rate: freelance $30-$34/hr; salary upon fulltime conversion is up to $65,000

Responsibilities

• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks or bottlenecks, and proactively implement solutions
• Lead project status meetings and drive accountability across cross-functional teams
• Partner with marketing leadership to support product launches, campaigns, content initiatives, and other strategic projects
• Serve as a primary administrator and power user of the project management platform, preferably Workfront
• Maintain workflows, templates, forms, reporting, and project documentation
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and workflow optimization
• Support onboarding, training, and adoption of project management tools across internal teams and external partners
• Act as a central point of communication between marketing, creative, leadership, vendors, and other stakeholders
• Coordinate